Storage almost full on iPhone 5?

I got an iPhone 5 for Christmas and after the most recent update I've been receiving a message that says 'Storage Almost Full, manage your storage in Settings'. I have a little over 200 pictures and 300 songs, and the biggest app I have is Instagram. I share an iTunes account with my mom and my younger sister, could that be the reason that my storage is almost full?

Go to: Settings ---> General ---> Usage
Look at what's taking up your storage and how much you have.
If you have anywhere from 16-64GB Memory you should'nt be having this issue, however if it's below that you probably will from all your songs and pictures (+You specify the biggest app you have, however if you have a lot of small apps it adds up)
Sharing an iTunes account should have nothing too do with your phone memory,
-Concerer82

My I phone 5s is telling me my photos are taking up 4.5 GB's but i only have 300 pictures and 10 short 1 minute or less videos. My photos are taking up the majority of my 16 GB storage and it's driving me nuts because when i have my phone connected to my computer, my computer tells me i have 2082 photos. Which I do not. What Is Going On? How can I fix it?

Is that what is happening to you?

I'm having the same problem with my iPhone5s have any of you all solved the issue? It's driving me nuts that I'm having to delete some of my videos just to keep 100 mb of storage. I only have 300 pics and 30 vids on a 16gb storage. But my phone says my camera roll is only eating 2.5 gb. Where is the rest? Smh

Well yeah if you share with your family you can get very little storage, for example say you have 16gb and you have a family of 4 you only have access to 4gb.

I getting the same thing but I only have two pictures and 30 songs. It say I used 12.1 GB.

I have the same problem with my daughters phone. Any fix? Suggestions?

I have used only 12 GB and i can't use the rest of th 16 GB, what's wrong?!

I have deleted almost all of my apps and pictures. There are apps on my phone taking up storage that I never use, but because it is part of the Apple updates, I can't remove them!

Same problem. Says I've used only 12.4 of 16 GB iPhone 5s. Anyone find a solution yet?

The ios 8 update has apps that you can't delete that take up storage.

There are times that my I-5 phone will 'not' let me voice text… And times it will… How can I make sure that I can voice text 'anytime' that I want? Bill

I was having the same problem and deleted a few hundred pictures and videos; all to no avail.
I went back to Photos and at the bottom of the screen there's Photos and Albums. Since I haven't made any Albums, I wasn't looking there, but I looked and that is where it stores Indices of your Panoramas, Videos, etc. At the very bottom you will find Recently Deleted and it is an idiosyncratic name for a Garbage Can. Use Edit at the top right and then Delete All to empty this. All is well. Now I have an extra 3 GB. Merry Christmas to All.
Bob Prinz

I fixed the issue, it was due to my deleted photos were going to an album called "Recently Deleted". I followed the steps: Pictures in the Recently Deleted album can be removed manually. To permanently delete these deleted photos:
1. Navigate to the Photos app and open the Recently Deleted album.
2. Tap Select in the upper right.
3. Tap Delete All in the lower left corner.
4. Confirm the delete (this can't be undone).
The Recently Deleted album is now empty.

Still don't work

Found that the BBC News app was taking up over 50% of my storage! No idea why so deleted it and reloaded

Worked for me. Deleted and reloaded the BBC app and regained 12gb.

It worked. Big Thanks. I use to be able to just delete photos and videos and then take pictures. I do not know why this changed. But thanks for the 14-12-2015 guest response.

I have little room on my iPhone 5s and don't know how to get more

I have little room on my iPhone 5s and don't know how to get more any help?

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